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W. A. LORIMER.

DYEING MAGHmE. No. 412,887. Patented Oct. 15, 1889.,

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WALTER A. LORIMER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFTO JOHN H. LORIMER, OF SAME PLACE.

DYElNG-IVEACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 412,887, dated October15, 1889.

Application filed December 26, 1888. Serial No. 294,669. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER A. LORIMER, of the city and county ofPhiladelphia, and

State of Pennsylvania, have invented an 1111-.

provement in Dyeingdllachines, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to dyeing-machines in general, but morespecifically to the mechanism therein for delivering the goods that havebeen treated to the squeeze-rolls; and it consists of certainimprovements which are fully set forth in the following specificationand shown in the accompanying drawings, which form a part thereof.

My invention is an improvement upon the dyeing and scouring machine setout in Let ters Patent No. 306,695, granted October 14, 1884, to JohnII. Lorimer, and to that machine it is particularly adapted, though itWill be apparent from the description which follows that it may be usedequally well upon other machines of a similar character.

The object of my invention is to facilitate the delivery of the goodsfrom the endless aprons or carriers to the squeeze-rolls, which Iaccomplish by means of two short endless aprons or carriers runningabout the squeeze rolls, which act as strippers for the aprons of thedyeing-machine, prevent the loose stock or fiber from falling back intothe tank, and carry it through the squeeze-rolls. The endless aprons orcarriers in the machines referred to for conveying the material beingtreated through the dye-tank are made of heavy metal frames and couldnot pass be tween the squeeze-rollers; hence, to avoid the troubleexperienced by the fiber dropping down between the delivery end of saidendless aprons or traveling frames and the squeeze-rollers, I providethe short endless aprons of textile or other soft materiaL-which mayfreely run between and around the squeeze-rollers and receive theirmotion therefrom. These short feed-aprons fill the gap which formerlyexisted between the guiderollers for the long endless aprons and thesqueeze-rollers. It is also evident that with this construction it isnot necessary to arsmall endless aprons receive the material and deliverit to the squeeze-rollers.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional View of adyeing-machine such as above referred to embodying my improve? ments,and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

A is the dye vat or tank, in which are the endless aprons or carriers FF, passing about suitable rollers O and over the feed-rollers E E, bywhich the material treated is conducted out of the liquor to thesqueeze-rolls II II.

I I are endless bands or aprons, preferably constructed of cloth ortextile material, passing about the squeeze-rolls II II and smallidler-rollers J J, journaled close to the feedrollers E E, butpreferably below and above them, respectively, so that when the materialis carried up to the squeeze-rolls by the aprons F F these aprons 11 actas strippers and carry the material thence between the squeeze-rolls,and any loose stock or particles of fiber that there may be, instead offalling or being carried back into the tank by the apron F, areconducted between the squeezing-rolls by these aprons I I. Thesqueeze-rolls H H and the feed-rolls E E are caused to rotate withuniform velocity by proper gearing, such as is' set out. in my LettersPatent above referred to, and the idlerrollers J J are loosely journaledin the frame G.

K is a small guide-roller, which may be used to guide the apron F, sothat the idler J may be journaled below the feed-roller E and close toit. The yarn or material treated is carried through the liquor by theendless aprons F F, and thence up between the feedrollers E E, whence itis conducted by the aprons I I between the squeeze-rolls. As theseendless aprons pass over the squeezerolls, and are preferably locatedabove and below the feed-rolls E E, between which the material isdelivered from the tank, it is apparent that the material will be guidedand conducted positively between the squeeze rolls, and that any loosestock or particles of fiber cannot fall down or be carried back into thetank by the apron F.

Having now described my invention, whatl claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a dyeing or scouring machine in which the material treated iscarried through the liquor by suitable carriers incapable of passingbetween the squeeze-rollers, the combination, with said carriers, ofsqueeze-rollers, an idler-roller arranged close to the delivery end ofsaid carriers, and an endless band or apron-passing about saididler-roller and the lower of said squeeze-rollers, adapted to act as astripper for the carriers of the dyeing or scouring machine.

2. In a dyeing or scouring machine in which the material to be treatedis carried through the liquor by aprons or carriers in capable ofpassing between the squeeze-rollers, the combination, with said apronsor carriers, of squeeze-rollers, idler-rollers located close to thedelivery end of said aprons or carriers and respectively above and belowthem, and short endless aprons passing over said squeeze and idlerrollers and adapted to act as strippers for the carriers or aprons ofthe dyeing-machine.

3. In a dyeing or scouring machine in which the material to be treatedis carried through the liquor by aprons or carriers incapable of passingbetween the squeeze-rollers, the combination,with said aprons orcarriers, of squeeze-rollers, idler-rollers located close to thedelivery end of said aprons or carriers and respectively above and belowthem, short endless aprons passing over said squeeze and idler rollersand adapted to act as strippers for the carriers or aprons of thedyeing-machine, and a guide-roller located near the delivery end of thelower of said carriers or aprons of the dyeing-machine to guide sa'idapron or carrier away from the lower of said idler-rollers.

In testimony of which inventionl hereunto set my hand.

WALTER A. LORIMER.

l/Vitnesses:

E. M. BRECKINREED, ERNEST HOWARD HUNTER.

